Conant's garter snake

Conant's garter snake
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Thamnophis
Species:	T. conanti
Binomial name
Thamnophis conanti Rossman & Burbrink, 2005

Conant's garter snake (Thamnophis conanti) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name conanti is in honor of the American herpetologist Roger Conant.[1]

Geographic range

T. conanti is found in the Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of T. conanti is oak woodland at elevations above 2,000 m (6,600 ft).[3]

Reproduction

T. conanti is viviparous.[2]

References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thamnophis conanti, p. 57).
2. Species Thamnophis conanti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Rossman & Burbrink (2005).

Further reading

• Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
• Rossman, Douglas A.; Burbrink, Frank T. (2005). "Species limits within the Mexican garter snakes of the Thamnophis godmani complex". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (79): 1-43. (Thamnophis conanti, new species, pp. 29–31, Figure 12).
• Woolrich-Piña GA, García-Padilla E, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Wilson LD (2017). "The herpetofauna of Puebla, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (4): 791–884.

External links

• Species Thamnophis conanti at The Reptile Database